With suites starting at 300 square feet, the units seem preposterously small at first blush, but developers Malibu Investments and Urban Capital used innovative design solutions to make the space work.

Suites feature multipurpose furniture like desks that convert into beds, and retractable countertops.

Check out what happens to this “smart kitchen” when you close all the drawers and cabinets:

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Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 226 to 291 square feet.

Surrey, B.C.
Units range from 290 to 305 square feet.

Surrey, B.C.
Units range from 290 to 305 square feet.

Surrey, B.C.
Units range from 290 to 305 square feet.

Surrey, B.C.
Units range from 290 to 305 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

Vancouver, B.C.
Units range from 565 to 1982 square feet.

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A life of no clutter. No excess. A place to live for all those who love a clean and streamlined life and the notion of small but well thought-out space. People like you — the committed city lover, the weekday city dweller, the corporate drop-in — who want to move in and start living from the get-go.

And even if you aren’t necessarily a “committed city lover,” with Toronto housing prices persistently growing faster than wages and inflation, you may still find yourself living in a micro-condo.

Condo prices are also rising, but with large amounts of new units coming online around Toronto, condos haven’t been spiking in price like single-family homes. All the same, the average condo in Toronto will now run you more than $384,000.

In that context, the $229,000 starting price on a Smart House micro-condo seems like a bargain. And perhaps that’s what all that talk about “city living” is meant to obscure: That these tiny condos are basically all many homebuyers can afford anymore.